Toronto and weather ... everything seems to fall apart when there is a snow storm

By Gazette Staff

January 24th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

It’s a snowstorm!    A big one – Canada, hockey and winter snowstorms – part of our DNA.

THIS is what winter is about.

Storm could deliver between 20 and 40 centimetres of snow.  The city is prepared; it has the experienced staff and equipment to handle this.

Hundreds of flights cancelled at Pearson – that is to be expected.

Several GO transit routes are impacted, as well as dozens of TTC stops.  Neither the GO transit system were built to deal with level os snow but the people of the province know this and they know how to prepare.

Toronto has activated all of its warming centres, which provide meals, access to washroom facilities, and referrals to emergency shelter.  Those who do not have adequate housing do need extra support.  And, once we have dealt with our shame, we can get on with helping those people.

Wild life need support during heavy snowfalls.

No mention of all the tobogganing opportunities.  And what great weather to go snowshoeing in.  The countryside will be eerily quiet while the deer rummage for food.  This is the time of year farmers put out bales of hay for them.

Environment Canada tends to say the same thing with every weather report.  Never any mention of the changes in our climate that we, for the most part brought on ourselves.

That too is part of our DNA.